SUMMARY:
Project Control Manager
POSITION INFO:
Our client, a leader in the mining and mineral sands sector, is recruiting an outstanding Project Controls Manager to lead the Owner''s project controls function on a major EPC project. The successful candidate will act as the custodian of project performance, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment between the Owner, EPC Contractor, and key stakeholders. The role provides the Project Director and Project Leadership Team with reliable, integrated, and forward-looking information across cost, schedule, progress, risk, change, forecasting, and performance to support disciplined decision-making, predictable delivery, and strong capital governance. This position is suited to a complex, large-scale EPC capital project environment. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage the Owner''s project controls team across cost control, planning and scheduling, reporting, progress measurement, change management, and risk management. • Establish project controls processes, procedures, systems, and governance frameworks aligned with company standards and stage-gate requirements. • Provide oversight of project budgets, commitments, forecasts, cash flow, and contingency utilization. • Review and challenge EPC Contractor cost reports, trends, forecasts, and cost performance. • Manage owner-side cost reporting and ensure timely development and approval of Project Change Notices. • Review, validate, and challenge EPC Contractor schedules and progress updates. • Ensure maintenance of an integrated master schedule covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operational readiness, and handover activities. • Facilitate schedule reviews and recovery planning where required. • Establish project performance measurement systems and key performance indicators. • Verify contractor progress measurement methodologies and earned value reporting. • Prepare executive-level performance reports and dashboards that provide clear analysis of project health, trends, and forecast outcomes. • Lead the project change management process and assess schedule, cost, and risk impacts associated with proposed changes. • Facilitate project risk and opportunity management processes, including quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis. • Provide independent oversight of EPC Contractor project controls performance and participate in contractor performance reviews and audits. • Build strong relationships with project leadership, contractors, joint venture partners, and corporate stakeholders. • Present project performance information to senior leadership teams and governance committees. Requirements Bachelor''s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Commerce, or related field. Professional certification in Project Management, Cost Engineering, or Planning (PMP, CCP, PSP, AACE) (Advantageous) Minimum 15 years of project controls experience on large capital projects. Experience in Owner''s teams on major EPC, EPCM, or mega-project developments. Proven experience managing multidisciplinary project controls functions. Advanced understanding of integrated project controls, including cost, schedule, progress, risk, change, and forecasting. Strong capability in earned value management, cash flow forecasting, variance analysis, and executive reporting. Strong commercial discipline across contracts, claims, variations, contingency, and final cost management. Proven ability to interrogate contractor data and challenge complex controls information. Confidently influences senior stakeholders and drives corrective action. Builds trusted relationships across the Owner''s Team, contractors, and governance functions. Demonstrates calm judgement under pressure with competing priorities.
